Jacob Routh II (1818 - 1879)

Born 22 Dec 1818 in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lodemia Ann (Campbell) Routh — married 30 Oct 1853 in Collin Co, Texas

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1879 at age 60 in Plano, Collin, Texas, United States

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Biography

Jacob was born in 1818. Jacob Routh ... He passed away in 1879. ^[1]

Son of Elizabeth MASHMAN & John Routh. Husband of Lodemia Ann CAMPBELL Routh, they were married in Collin County, Texas on 30 Oct 1853. Jacob Routh established himself as a stock farmer and businessman, later ordained as a Baptist minister. In 1853, he founded the Spring Creek Baptist Church, now known as the mother church of the Church of Plano, Collin County. (October 20, 1940, The Dallas Morning News).

The Rouths were an old and well-documented family, descended from a Norman knight who was awarded the town of Routh in England for his services in the Norman Invasion. The family records are extant and in the collection of the British Museum. Few such records survived Cromwell and The Restoration. The Routh who immigrated to America was Quaker, the first cousin of William Penn.

Jacob Routh and Lodemia Ann Campbell were early settlers to the Plano TX area after their respective families traveled together from Tennessee in 1851 to establish homesteads in the Spring Creek area between what is now Richardson and Plano. Jacob and Lodemia were married in October 1853, uniting the two pioneer families. Routh opened a small general store, provided one of the first stage coach stations for travelers and donated the right-of-way across his land for one of the first public roads in North Texas. With the help of neighbors and family, Routh built a small school on his land at what is now the corner of Plano and Renner roads. A larger school was later built on land donated by Robert F. Campbell, Lodemia’s father. Jacob became a minister and built the Spring Creek Baptist Church on his land. It was moved in 1872 to the location that is presently First Baptist Church of Plano. Jacob and Lodemia had nine children. Two sons died in early childhood and the married names of five daughters included Barron, Howell, Malone, Mendenhall and Coit. The two youngest daughters never married and lived with Lodemia in the second home built by Jacob in 1871. He styled it on the family home in Tennessee. It was referred to as Routh Plantation or Routh Mansion. Lodemia and her daughters renovated the façade of the house in 1907, adding a portico and two story double columns. The house was destroyed by vandals and fire in 1965.

Children:

• Virginia Routh Barron (1855 - 1939)
• Julia Routh Howell (1857 - 1948)
• Emma Routh Malone (1859 - 1949)
• Effie Routh Mendenhall (1862 - 1936)
• Florence Graham Routh Coit (1862 - 1921)
• John Campbell Routh (1864 - 1867)
• Infant Son Routh (1867 - 1867)
• Rosa Routh (1874 - 1954)
• Clara Elizabeth Routh (1876 - 1962)*

Cemetery notes and/or description: The Jacob Routh Family Cemetery is located about 300 yards northeast of the Routh Cemetery located in Galatyn Park. If you can find the Routh Cemetery you are halfway there. There is a wide path on the northeast corner of the cemetery. Follow this path down to a small creek. There will be some concrete rocks where you can cross this small part of the creek. Continue on this path, just before you get to a much larger creek the private plot of Jacob Routh and his family will be located on the right. It is surrounded by a small wrought iron fence just a few yards from the creek. I found a total of 7 marked graves with 3 markers behind the wrought iron fence.

Routh Cemetery on old Jacob Routh property: This cemetery is one of the oldest in Collin County. Some claim it is the oldest cemetery, because of graves that were here before the cemetery was founded. Jacob Routh bought the land in 1852. At that time there were 2 graves here. His mother, Elizabeth, and his only son, John, are buried here. The rest of his family are buried in the Routh Family Cemetery about ¼ mile northwest. Jacob Routh was an early Baptist preacher in the area. He was pastor of Spring Creek Baptist church, which was on the same property but further east near Plano Road. Spring Creek Baptist Church became First Baptist Church of Plano. Plano Road was once a stagecoach run, as was Renner Road. The creek that runs through the property is Spring Creek. Many area pioneers are buried here.

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Sources

• Richardson Today, Vol. 21, No. 10 • July 2009 • Published by the City of Richardson
• History of Collin County Texas (see pgs under notes)
• Portal to Texas History website
• October 20, 1940, The Dallas Morning News
• "Records of Reconstruction Days in Collin County, Texas" by Roose and Bland, Spring Hill Press, 1981
• 1850 United States Federal Census
• 1860 United States Federal Census
• 1870 United States Federal Census
• Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33055359

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txrcai/images/sb1c3.htm

1. ↑ Entered by Angela Fabry, Apr 12, 2012

Notes

From the Portal to Texas History website comes a photo and a short bio of Jacob Routh:

Jacob Routh, an early settler, minister, and businessman. He was born December 22, 1918, in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; he died April 30, 1879, near Plano, Collin County, Texas, and was buried in Jacob Routh Cemetery in Richardson, Texas. He married Lodemia Anne Campbell on October 30, 1853 in Dallas, Texas.

A few more scraps come from the History of Collin County Texas:

p. 94: "In 1852 a Baptist Church was organized in a small schoolhouse on land owned by Jacob ROUTH 2 miles south of present Plano. It later became the Plano First Baptist Church."

p. 113: "In 1850 a stage line was in operation between McKinney and Dallas, stopping at Jacob ROUTH's place on Spring Creek, 2 miles south of Plano." [end]

Also from "Records of Reconstruction Days in Collin County, Texas" by Roose and Bland, Spring Hill Press, 1981:

Registered voters 1867-1873 7-23-1867, Jacob ROUTH, native of Tenn.

Taxes, 1867: Jacob ROUTH--382 acres in Dallas Co

1860 Collin Co Census: Jacob ROUTH , brother of Levin, was 41 year of age, from TN, married to Lodinia, age 26 [end]

Aunt Clara's Cat Fluffie 1918-1937 Fluffie was a cat belonging to Clara Routh. The family story was that Fluffie lived to be 18 (quite a long time for back then), but the marker clearly indicates Fluffie lived to be 19 years old. Frances, Katie, and George are three horses belonging to Clara Routh. And there is another marker for the dogs. She adored her animals and insisted that they have grave markers.

Clara Routh Jun. 7, 1876 - Jun. 1, 1962 & Rosa Routh Sep. 18, 1874 - Sep. 24, 1954

Clara and Rosa Routh are both daughters of Rev. Jacob Routh and Lodemia Ann Campbell Routh. Both never married. Rose's given name is actually Rosa, not Rose. Engraving on tombstone is incorrect.

Sharon Rinnett Theda Sharon, Rinnett, and Theda are three dogs belonging to Clara Routh. She adored her animals and insisted that they have grave markers.

Rev. Jacob Routh Dec. 22, 1818 - Apr. 30, 1879 Son of Elizabeth MASHMAN & John Routh. Husband of Lodemia Ann CAMPBELL Routh, they were married in Collin County, Texas on 30 Oct 1853. Jacob Routh established himself as a stock farmer and businessman, later ordained as a Baptist minister. In 1853, he founded the Spring Creek Baptist Church, now known as the mother church of the Church of Plano, Collin County. (October 20, 1940, The Dallas Morning News)

Lodemia Ann Campbell Routh Nov. 16, 1833 - Oct. 8, 1916 Daughter of Jane DAVID & Robert Fleming Campbell. Wife of Jacob Routh. They were married in Collin County, Texas on 30 Oct 1853. [end]